Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-12

~nS |Dlv10ebd-P0ying Mines. ana
Amount Paid by Then During the Past
Zine Months-The English Copper Mar
kst-Other Items.
THE TOWN OF ELLIsToN.
The town of Elliston is situated on the
Northern Pacific Railroad. The principal
business Of the town is mining, though there
are other industries. such as farming and
numbering. Quite a number of buildings
have lately been erected, one of the most
prominent OF which is the merchandise e.
tablisbment Of Burns & Hopt. It adds
greatly to the appearance of the burg. Re-
cent mineral discoveries in the vicinity of
hlliston has had a tendency to stimulate
activity among the residents OF the town.
A number OF mining sales have been made,
and people naturally look for lively times
next spring, OF as soon as the weather will
permit the prosecution of work on the prop
critics purchased.
Many old-time prospectors are still out
in the mountains looking for the precious
rock. Some have returned, and with tn m
came fabulous reports of rich finds. Robert
Robinson. our informant, started from
Elliston with quite a number OF valuable
specimens from the different mines in that
vicinity, but laid them on the seat in the
train and some one walked of with them.
THE Ode TREASURE.
The Hidden Treasure mine. situated on
the south fork of the Little Blackfoot river,
was on the 4th instant bonded by Messrs.
Martin q Dixon to L. D. Haws & Company,
OF St. Paul, for $4O.0 $1,000 being paid
down and the balance to be paid in ninety
Jnv~ Hho ~ hoo o1roolu mt
a force OF men to work grading a road from
the mill site to the mine, over which ma
chinery for a Acton plant car be hauled.
It has not yet been decided whether or not
the plant will be q pulverizer or a stamp
mill. The mine is at present developed
only by an open cut, but men are pushing
work as fast as they can possibly do so.
The cut is thirty feet in length and twenty
feet deep. being all in ore OF a gold bearing
character. having no base rock whatever.
Many samples of ore taken from this
body Assayed on an average of $32 per
tor, though pieces selected from the dump
have run as high as eight and ten thousand
dollars per ton. It il an uncommon &C.
currepce to see free gold in the rock as it
clings to the ledge There is enough ore in
sight to warrant the erection of the mill,
but tho depth of the ore body cannot as
yet be determined. The general manager
Of the Hidden Treasure is E. s. Case, OF st.
Paul, who has been engaged in mining
operations at Saltwater. Wyoming. and
other places. He will no doubt be success.
full in his new field, as he is perfectly com
petent to handle extensive mining enter
prises.
THE TELEGRAPH.
The owners of the Telegraph, which is
situated on the moth fork OF the Little
Blackfoot River. are negotiating with East
ern parties for the sale of their mine. The
Telegraph contains a large body Of gold
bearing, arsenical ore. Considerable diff.
Guilty has been experienced in the reduction
Of the ore, owing to it's refractory nature,
but it IL about the only kind in the district
that carries gold.
At THE BULLION.
Eleven men are employed drifting east
and west on the 24O-ioot level. The ore
taken from this mine is a. lead carbonate
and runs high in silver-between 200 and
300 ounces per ton. 1t also runs about
80 or 60 per cent. lead. The ore is shipped
to Helena. The Bullion is the best devel'
opsd mine in the camp, and has been run
ming steadily for three years At first the
owners of the property had considerable
water to contend with, but no difficulty
from that source is now experienced.
KEYSTONE AND LITTLE NELLIE
The Keystone and Little Nellie have
been purchased by F. c. Martin OF E!leston.
One-third interest in the Free American
was also included in the sale.
Tho properties were owned by Joseph
C----- ,~k~ m tho ronrnInO nj the XII
instant. received 81, 900 for them. The
mines are situated in the vicinity OF the
Hidden Treasure. The amount Of work
go far done on the Little Nellie is not large,
being a shaft twenty feet deep. The shaft
shows a body of carbonate ore tour feet
thick between two we'll defined walls,
granite and porphyry. The Nettie is
situated on the same lead as the Libby,
which u is owned by Carpenter Co.., and
the Bullion, operated by Helena parties
Mr.. Martin has arrived at no conclusion
as to the amount OF work or improve
| ments that will be done this fall, owing to
| the unsettled condition of the weather. but
! as soon as spring opens he will sink a 100
| foot shaft to develop the property; and
then, If the showing warrants. will erect
| suitable works for the reduction OF the ore
QUARTZ CLAIM PATENTS
Patents have been received by the Helena
land ofic CO for the following quartz claims
in this county: For the Fairview, owned
by H. L. Frank. the Savage owned
BY Michael Carroll; the Kentucky, owned
by J. C. O'Brien, Emily O'Brien. j. Chau
win, Caroline Chauvin, VIM. Huselton, ane
]. E. Jacobs; the Bay Horse, owned by
Paul Davis, G. B. C. de Freye, Conrad Lott
| Emma Schlordt, ard Herman Fraf; thu
Minnesota, owned by N. B. Ringeling, MARI
w. Rutherford, C. X. Larabie, and s.. +
Larabie.